The project examined social and policy implications of emerging models of sharing and ownership, in relation to the use of personal data & biodata for medical research and other purposes. It focused on a) user practices and b) online service provision models of personal data analytics and self-tracking. It involved interviews and participant observation with specific Silicon Valley internet start-ups &Quantified Self actors in the San Francisco area.

The placement has now finished and has provided the following outputs:

‘All these emotions, all these yearnings, all these data’, a presentation on platform openness, data sharing and visions democracy. Slides available here: AFotopoulou NEMODE slides 01